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J.J. Abrams Says New Movie is Going to be Worth the Wait, Special Effects are Going to be Unbelievable

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By GustavoLeao / 09:28, 22 August 2008 / General Star Trek

The latest issue of TV Guide magazine, just out in the U.S., features an exclusive interview with Star Trek movie director J.J. Abrams. Here are few excerpts.

On Trek, one of the people you worked with was Leonard freakin' Nimoy!

I know! But it's funny, because it wasn't until very recently that it really hit me how cool that was. There was so much work to do during the shoot and there were so many fires that needed putting out that there wasn't much time to sit and acknowledge the reality of working with him. Then the other day I was watching the movie, and there he was There was Spock! And it hit me like, "Holy s---!" [Laughs] It was kind of a huge delay.

There are still nearly nine months until Trek's release. What can you tell us ?

All I can say is that I think this movie is going to be worth the wait. It's blessed with a wonderful optimism and an incredibly alive and invested cast. While the visual effects are gonna be unbelievable, the movie is working right now with only 50 of our 1000-plus visual effects finished. It's funny, it's scary, it's dramatic, emotional and entertaining - all without having the stuff you'd think a movie called "Star Trek" would require. That to me is exciting.

A scan of the full interview can be found here.



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RE: Abrams = liar now twiceover | Report this post to moderator
By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:01:31 on Aug 22, 2008

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Abrams = liar now twiceover

Dude, get a f*cking life. He owes you nothing and if he wants to keep his movie a secret or imbellish a little? That's his right because he is making this movie, not you. If you are all butt hurt that he isn't laying every detail out for you on a silver platter? You know nothing about the business. Go buy a pair and quit b*tching about meaningless crap. It's getting tiring.

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"If a sixth Star Trek television series is ever realized, it will be set in the new universe." -- cdydatzigs, June 15, 2009.

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RE: Abrams = liar now twiceover by Tupperfan @ 17:07:01 on Aug 25
RE: Abrams = liar now twiceover by Sam Cogley @ 15:16:44 on Aug 22
    RE: Abrams = liar now twiceover by cdydatzigs @ 15:55:38 on Aug 22
       RE: Abrams = liar now twiceover by mustangman289 @ 09:44:57 on Aug 23

RE: Abrams = liar now twiceover | Report this post to moderator
By: dark_mr_fripperton (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:13:18 on Aug 23, 2008

Sure, in crappy, unwatchable scifi anything is possible and you can do just whatever the hell you want.

In great, classic scifi, iternal rules and logic are followed.

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RE: Abrams = liar now twiceover by The Real Dr McCoy @ 17:51:05 on Aug 23

Oh, for the love of all things holy! | Report this post to moderator
By: Beamer (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:37:03 on Aug 22, 2008

GET OVER IT! My word, you and the horse you rode in on make a sane person want to self-implode in the head. Good grief! Get over it. You know, I really hate logging on and posting anymore, but man, your comment just makes me want to jam a corncob in my hear just to get it over.

The other poster is right. J.J. Abrams owes you nothing. You have done nothing to merit your "reward" other than buy tickets to a movie or purchase DVD's (or VHS or laserdisk...or whatever). And THAT doesn't entitle you to squat when it comes to the movie HE is producing. Yeah, he said he tried to get Shatner in the movie. Have you ever worked with people? Have you ever been in politics? Have you ever balanced a pea on the end of a straw while riding a bull at a rodeo? Well, that's what it's like to make a movie. Especially trying to satisfy the diaper-laden fans like yourself.

It's fine for you to have an opinion. I like piano music. But if I go to a concert and the player just hits the same key over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over agian, yeah, it will get annoying and I will never want to listen to him again.

Get it?

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I don't care what "they" say..... "THERE...ARE....FOUR....LIGHTS!"

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RE: Oh, for the love of all things holy! by The Real Dr McCoy @ 17:57:55 on Aug 23
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